rT

Kalum plans unveiled

If you're curious about land use
plans for this area, there’s some
seminars for you/NEWS A112

Egging them on

Last week’s science festival
featured the popular egg drop and
a lot more/COMMUNITY B1

Got her number

SFU paid tribute to Terrace’ S own |
Michelle Hendry by retiring her
number/SPORTS C1

WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY. 9, 1994

Two special docs am

TWO NORTHWEST health care
oificials say they haven't been
conlacted about plans to add two
specialists here.

The health ministry in a recent
press release said it wanted to add
a pediatrician in Terrace and to
base an ophthalmologist here.

The news was in the same
release announcing health minis-
ter Paul Ramsey’s decision to
move Kitimat’s orthopedic
surgcon to Prince Rupert.

The move and the addition of
the two specialists were part of

many

recommendations con-
tained in a 1992 study on north-
west health services.

“Other changes arising oul of
the northwest review include ...
ophthalmology services in Ter-
race; and an additional
pediatrician for Terrace,’’ the
press release stated.

But although Michael Leisinger
of the Terrace Regional Health
Care Society said it knew of the
Tecommendations concerning the
two specialists, it knows of no
immediate plans to do so.

And the last time the society,
which runs Mills Memorial Hos-
pital, looked at the issue, it found
there wasn’l really enough work
for the one pediatrician here now.

“Until we can justify the case,
we're now going to say, ‘where's
the money,’ ”’ said Leisinger.

“It’s not that we want to say
the ministry does not know what
they’re doing, but we don’t have
the same comfort level as does
the northwest services review,’’
Leisinger.added,

He did say the society will re-

g | get around...

HARDY RIDER Louise Chaput puts her trusty old Peugeot bicycle ta the test during last
week's cold snap. The key, says Louise, is to dress for the wintry weather,

Claims talks worry mayors ©

NORTHWEST MAYORS are
worried about how municipalities
will be represented In land claims
talks.

Municipal officials made their
views known last week in ses-
sions with federal and provincial
officials, a

Government . officials at the
meeting told northwest represen-
tatives affected municipalities

may get some. kind of observer |

status in future land claims nego-
tiation, =
But that may depend on. agree-

ment of the native groups in ques’
tion.

Kilimat-Stikine regional district
chairman Joanne Monaghan said
the B.C, Treaty Commission
guidelines Indicate municipal rep-

‘resentatives can be in the negotia-

ting room as advisers up until the
parties begin negotiation of a
agreements on how talks should

- take place.

At that stage, natives decide
whether: they. still: ‘want

‘municipalities ‘directly Involved

in the i bangaining

And the idea would only apply
to future negotiations under the
auspices of the B.C. Treaty Com-
mission,

The Nisga’a land claims talks

already underway are governed

by an existing agreement. .
Northwest clty councils are sup-

posed to get information on the

Nisga’a talks through a third-

party advisory committee,

‘But Stewart” mayor Andy

* Burlon, whose town is complele-
ly. entveloped by (he Nisga’a ;
Sian is  suspiclous about the lack’

examine the situation.

“Tt may be that we have more
than enough work for one, but are
too small for two. That seems to
be common up here,”’ he said.

It’s much the same story with
the ophthalmologist plan. -

There has been a tentative plan
for some years to have the north-
west’s ophthalmologist move
from Wrinch Memorial Hospital,
the traditional home of the ser-
vice, to Terrace,

But Wrinch’s Dr. Peter New-
bery Said the hospital isn’t aware

ystery

of anything current in the works.

“The ministry hasn’t had the
courtesy to call us about that,”
said Newbery.

He doesn’t oppose the idea,
saying Wrinch for some time has
recognized that a regional
ophthalmologist service could
best be offered from Terrace,

The ophthalmologist now in
Hazelton isn’t keen on moving
but the one before that, did ex-
press the desire, said Newbery.

Newbery said Wrinch and its

75¢ Pius 5 5¢ ast LOA

sponsoring. body help’ ‘subsidize

the ophthalmology service.

A health ministry spokesman
said any plans for the »iwo
Specialists are still in the works.

“It's something the ministry
would like to do. We'll be work-
ing on it and how much it will
cost,”’ said Wynn Hom.

“We're saying it is pending
subject to negotiations with-'Ter-
race and pending on the budget
for the next fiscal year,” she
added,

Truck route remains
uncharted territory

By MALCOLM BAXTER

THE CONTROVERSY over
commercial trucks driving and
parking on residential streets con-
tinves to rumble-on.

And the end of the road is not in
sight yet.

In the latest go-around, a public
works committee meeting held
last month, city and local trucking

_}., Tepresentatives were unable to |
come to” agreement on 1 either of

the two main issues.

The first is introduction of a
designated truck route through
the city.

Loaded commercial vehicles
would be restricled to those
streets unless delivering gaods.

The city has suggested the truck
route take in Hwy 16, Kalum
Lake Drive, Keith Ave., Frank St.
and Kenney St. between Keith
and Hwy 16.

However, Ken Houlden of
Houlden Logging and Jim Mantel
of Vic Froese Trucking both
pointed out their operations were
located off that route,

Houlden is at the corner of Mar-
Shall and McConnell while
Froese is in the 4900 block of
Graham Ave..

That prompted Glen Thomsen
(Williams Storage) to suggest

Police

RCMP INSPECTOR Lawrence
Yeske is warning the city it better
cough up more money for polic-
ing this year,

Yeske points to the 3,979 hours
of voluntary overtime put in by
Terrace RCMP members in 1993,

He said he may direct officers
to start billing all overtime if the
city doesn’t realize more support |
is needed.

“Despite the efforts of our
people, Fam at the point where
this will have to stop,’ he said,
“T have to consider the private
lives of the people who work for
me.’?

“It’s nice to be volunteers but
we're just not getting any sup-
port. 3}

of information being released,

“We only know what they
choose to tell us,” he said.

And he says that’s not much for
two and a half years of negolia-
tions.

“‘There’s an awful amount of
trust required here,” he says, ‘‘I
don’t think that’s. good. cnough
Trust is wonderful but there has
to be accountabillty."’ as

Hilber there’s a lot more ‘going

on than the mayors are being told,

he says, orelse the talks so farare -
little more than a ‘Giant “makes

more major arteries be designated
part of the truck route, adding
that was the case in other major
cities.

And noting companies like
Houlden had been at their loca-
tion for many years, Thomsen
said, ‘“Grandfathering bas some
validity, ”

However, by-law enforcement

officer, Frank! _Bowsher. pointed.
out the “Houlden operation had

been outside city zoning by-laws
from the beginning. .

He said: the 1965 building
permit application had been for a
garage only and under the regula-
tion definitions, that meant for the
use of a family car only,

Asked by Houlden. if council
was trying to solve a particular
problem, committee chairman
Rich McDaniel said it was. con-
cemed about roads breaking up

under the weight and complaints

of loaded lumber trucks using
residential streets. .

Houlden suggested the first
could be tackled by imposing
load weight restrictions at times
when the roads were susceptible
to break-up, the same system
used on area highways.

Thomsen said Graham, Kenney
and McConnell on the bench

were possible candidates for such
treatment.

Bowsher pointed out 2 recent
tour of the city had found londed
logging trucks on Tetrault St;
Graham Ave,, streeis on | the
bench and near the animal shelter.

There had also been: numerous,

ia

complaints about noise,’ eluding
one from:a resident: of: the ‘bench:

_ portion. of Soucie who | was a8 him

self a truck driver. oe

Bill Sauer of -the Northwest
Loggers Association said the’ or-
ganization did some * policing: of
its own. ;

TE the city was to pass on com-
plaints to the association, without
giving the name of the com-
plainant, it might be able to bring
pressure to bear on the individual,

_ he added.
He also invited city represehita-

tives to attend this month’s mect-
ing of the association.
Conceding ‘‘we definitely. have
some work to do,’* McDaniel
said cily staff would review: the
proposed truck route and city by-

laws taking into account’ the

points raised at the meeting.
However, he reassured the

truckers, .‘"We're on your side,

we're just trying to solve these
problems.”

need money

If all the 1993 voluntary over-
time were billed, the total would
be $82,723 and the city’s 70-per-
ceot share would be an extra
$57,900.

You could buy at least one
more member with. that, and
that’s exactly what Yeske will be
asking council to do at upcoming
budget negotiations set to start
Feb, 16.

“Right now they’ re getting free
policing to the tune of $82,000
when they. should be providing
for mote police resources.”'

Yeske says the Terrace detach-
ment’s last staff increase was in
1991 when the. clty approved
hiring of one extra officer. A

In his December report to city

work project for bureeixcrat law-
yers and consultants, es

Stewart's efforis to’ get a seat at
the negotiating table. have so far
failed. = i

Burton says federal and provin-
cial officials blame :the Nisga’a,
who they say refuse to reopen the
framework. “agreement that
precludes addition of other nego-
_tiating parties..;

But he’s not so sure,

-_ Contd Page Aa

council, Yeske spelled out the
consequences of further inaction:

“IE we are forced into cutbacks
of time, the quality of policing
will drop and you can expect
more complaints direcied to your
office.”

Yeske says t that’s not meant as a
threat...
“We have 9 new council and I
want them to know exactly. what
we're dealing with,’? he said, “I
just want to make it very clear in
their mind the Problem. is con-
tinuing,”’

RCMP might have to stop ans-
wering some types of cals, such

as auto accidents where there arc

Cont'd Page A2